Friday, May 20th, 2022

ITFA is pleased to welcome back the following institution to its growing family:

– The Access Bank UK Limited

Friday, April 22nd, 2022

As you may have seen we have been successfully holding in-person events and so excited to be able to announce that more are being planned. With Zurich being our next stop, Dubai, Amsterdam and Paris will eventually follow, with a variety of topics and interesting and topical agendas being planned.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

A significant majority of trade finance bankers are expecting to replace their trade and supply chain finance technology in the coming years, in an attempt to drive digitisation across the industry.

Friday, April 22nd, 2022

The first quarter of 2022 is behind us and the ITFA Emerging Leaders Committee is keeping busy! In this month’s newsletter we would like to share some exciting updates.

Monday, April 11th, 2022

Letters of credit (“LCs”) are the lifeblood of international trade. The policy considerations of ensuring that such documentary credits serve the function of cash means that banks must pay against a conforming presentation under an LC; its role limited to dealing with the documents on its face and not the underlying transaction, the underlying goods or the underlying motivations of parties to the trade.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

Looking back on the past two years with a pandemic not experienced for long, the increasing symptoms of climate change reaching our front doors in private as well as management floors in companies and last not least a totally unexpected war in Europe we have trouble following the impact on our lives.

Friday, April 22nd, 2022

ITFA is pleased to welcome five institutions to its growing family:

– Aegon Asset Management
– Evolution Credit Partners Management LLC.
– Stephenson Harwood
– StorX 
– Squire Patton Boggs

Friday, April 22nd, 2022

ITFA is pleased to welcome back the following institutions to its growing family:

– COMOI Consulting S.p.A.
– Jiangsu Jiangyan Rural Commercial Bank Co. LTD
– Meridian Finance Group
– Norex International LLC
– SABB

Friday, March 18th, 2022

I hope you are fine wherever you are in the world. During these uncertain times I feel obliged to shift the initial thought of this newsletter towards the situation in Ukraine. To this effect we encourage our peers to join some funding towards helping this current humanitarian cause.

Thursday, March 17th, 2022

During my lifetime, much has been said about the idea of “fintech disruption”.

About five years ago, for example, emerging technology companies identified as “fintechs” were said to represent a competitive threat to transaction banks

Thursday, March 17th, 2022

The economic ties between UK and India have come a long way since 1991 when, India liberalized her economy. After Brexit, the UK is focused on developing engagement with non-European economies. The EU-India FTA negotiation is stuck in limbo with limited chances of revival. India-UK economic ties will hedge bets for both countries.

Friday, March 18th, 2022

Nobody predicted the Covid pandemic, which hit the world in February 2020, causing the second global recession of the 21st century and taking millions of lives around the globe.

Wednesday, March 16th, 2022

8th March 2022: – 360tf has organized an international webinar on the occasion of women’s day which was themed on “Women in Global Trade Finance- Breaking the Glass Ceiling”

Friday, March 18th, 2022

ITFA is pleased to welcome five institutions to its growing family:

– ADM International Sarl
– Banco Latino Americano De Comercio Exterior (Bladex SA)
– CGI
– IHS Markit
– NN Investment Partners

Tuesday, February 15th, 2022

Porto here we come! As I am sure most of you are aware, this year’s conference, the 48th edition, will be held in the magical city of Porto, between the 7th and 9th September.

Monday, February 21st, 2022

Below is an update from the MPC regarding current projects as of February 2022.

Thursday, February 17th, 2022

More than ever, there is an opportunity for individuals in the trade finance industry to align their interests and have a positive impact to the real economy and trade finance.

Monday, February 14th, 2022

In November last year, the International Trade & Forfaiting Association (ITFA) Middle East Regional Committee held its 4th annual trade finance roundtable, hosted by DP World in collaboration with GTR. In this wrap-up, ITFA brings together some of the key takeaways from the discussion, which is available to view here.

Tuesday, February 8th, 2022

Over the last few years, we have become inured to weaponised language in trade. So when President Biden renewed US tariffs on solar panel imports at the beginning of February, a weary, “here we go again”, sigh of exasperation was forgivable.

Friday, January 28th, 2022

I enjoy watching sunrises, and sunsets. With every passing moment, the sky is lit with brilliant colours dancing majestically in various shapes. The shift of scenery is gradual yet sudden. Similarly, interspersed with major events that sometimes accelerate change, industry trends morph from one year to another.